19 July 2013

Miner's Hall

The Gold Dust Saloon
is situated in the town of Tumbleweed, around which the Big Thunder Mountain
Railroad races. The town is rapidly running out of citizens and is sinking into
rising floodwaters just as quickly, but the patrons of the Gold Dust Saloon
keep carrying on a cavorting like the gold in them hills is going to last
forever. If you happen by during the day, you’ll catch a snipet of the tinny piano
as you whirl by. In the evenings, however, Gold Dust comes to life and you can
see the drunken miners and saloon hall girls in silhouette behind the dimly
lantern-lit windows.

The Gold Dust Saloon
may be slowly succumbing the rising waters, but after the recent refurbishment
of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, the hall gained a bit more notoriety. How so
you ask? Well, in order to attract more patrons Gold Dust posted a flyer inside
the Mining Co.

From this poster it
is confirmed that the Gold Dust Saloon plies all sorts of vices, from cigars to
a large variety of alcoholic beverages. The poster also has some great wordplay,
noting that the saloon is open Rain “Ore” Shine, and that the hall is next door
to Hydrate and Wither’s Dry Goods. Perhaps my favorite piece worth noting on
this poster is that the Gold Dust Saloon now has a proprietor, and her name is
Mother Lode.

Be sure to stop by
for a drink or a swim the next time you happen to be passing through Tumbleweed!